Xbox One SmartGlass app for Windows Phone 8 is ready in the Store

With only a few days left until the hotly predictable Xbox One arrives in stores, Microsoft has already unleashed their SmartGlass app for the news system.

SmartGlass, introduced at E3 in 2022, has slowly ramped up as a 'second-screen' service, allowing those with smartphones and tablets to augment what is seen on screen. The SmartGlass service is expected to get more robust with the ability of Xbox One, and with this app available today, nosotros should exist ready for this Friday.

Hither'southward what yous become with the new SmartGlass app for Windows Telephone 8 devices:

In the living room:
Navigate your Xbox One console using your device'south keyboard and affect
Control your media and fix top box with the SmartGlass remote control
Browse the web on your Television set using your mobile device
Enhance what yous are watching or playing with SmartGlass companions
Increase functioning with faster connections and reliability

In the living room and on the go:

Search, scan, and pin content to play on your Xbox One panel
Track achievements, get game help, message friends, and lookout game DVR clips

So far, nothing seems radically different from the Xbox 360 version, only hither'due south hoping to improved operation with new high stop Windows Telephone 8 devices and the Xbox One system. Presumably a version for Windows viii.ane will too be made available shortly for your Surface.

You lot can download Xbox I SmartGlass app now for Windows Telephone 8 hither in the Store. Information technology won't be of much use today, only come Friday (or whenever you get a One) you should exist all set. Thanks, Adrian E., Joe S., and others for the tips!

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